Best Practices in Sexual Harassment Policy and Assessment

Abstract: A study was conducted to determine how private-sector companies deal with human relations issues, specifically with sexual harassment. Telephone interviews with a sample of Fortune 500 companies asked them about their sexual harassment policies, the strategies they used to communicate these policies, the training they used for their employees, and how they evaluated whether their policies were effective. Companies were selected for the study based on their similarity to the U.S. Army in size and complexity. Fifty-six of the 98 firms selected for the study agreed to participate.